Here is another one, a new cameliia seedling flower of mine.

It is a formal double flower, therefore the flower form is considerably stable. I immediately made three grafts in order to prevent possible catastrophe. It is not likely to have flower this coming season.

The medium size flower( might be slightly larger on large plant later) has three pastel colors;
flower center: light creamy
Middle petal: milky white
outer petal: obvious a pale pink edge

Long-river, if we don't click, we see a red X.

Actually any nice camellia flowers in peach or light color are welcome addition to camellia gardener. To have more cold hardier is also a bonus. A few new hybrids produced from Japan are very attractive.

Does Dr. Ackerman really have it?

Long-river,

I have organized more of your pictures. BTW, are you trained to ride horses or bulls?

The red one below is a C. reticulata, cultivar 'Pinecone', taken at Dali City.

That was some time ago I was riding on American Quarter Horse. Now the situation can be different.

A sasanqua hybrid is blooming in my yard now.

What is the species name of the yellow one?

Since Ackerman has been working on breeding a yellow, cold-hardy camellia, he probably has all the yellow species he can get a hold of. It wouldn't surprise me.

~Dave

I am a total ignorant of but fascinated by the breed-names of horses.

I have no clue what is an American Quarter Horse. I read a large number of horse-names from novels, movies etc.

Could you write a list of such names – and why they are called so? For example, what is a "Bronx" (spelling error?)

Please do not get too serious on this subject. It is just my fun talk about my early day experiences also including spitting water melon seed, chew and growing beard before Pioneer Day. Remember this is not a cattleman's Forum.
Also we should not use horse or cattle manure in soil to grow camellia. They has too high sodium content.

The yellow flower is only so so in flower quality. From now on I should be getting more serious to work on the yellow project. My focus this year are fragrance and cold hardiness. One other flower is an interesting yellow centered, small formal flower of C. japonica, also developed about 5 years ago. Finally We figure out to use it as Bonsi plant in China.

~Dave

My wife and in-laws and I toured the Norfolk Botanical Gardens last March or April when all the japonicas were at peak. It was incredible.

However I do encourge my friends enjoying camellia breeding to have independant thinking and personal innovation. Thus the efforts would enhance more new development in camellia horticulture.

I do not know much about camellia genetics because I background is a combination of Dairy science and Vet. M Science. I did carry out a large portion of cross pollination for many years between two camellia species and have produced many interesting seedlings. I am not intend to confirm the seedlings in what kind of genetical make-up. If the seedling carries a desired trait or appearance, that is good enough for me. Camellia breeding has been a consuming task. But I found some principles and shortcut to make the job easier. It becomes my fun hobby without too much of labor and mind twisting. Reading and understanding are very important. Without actual doing, we would be unable to gain our own first-hand experience and personal thinking.